Mississippi State has filled the final slot on its 2020 schedule. The New Mexico Lobos will be coming to Starkville on Sept, 5, 2020. UNM made the announcement Friday.

The New Mexico game will serve as the season-opener (as well as home-opener) for 2020. It should help Joe Moorhead’s squad get ready for a Week 2 road trip to take on NC State in Raleigh. The other two non-conference games for the 2020 season are Tulane (Sept. 26) and Alabama A&M (Nov. 21), both at home.

New Mexico is guaranteed $1 million to make the trip to Starkville. The Lobos will receive an allotment of 3,000 tickets. The school has uploaded and shared the game contract, which appears to have been drafted in September and signed in November of last year. It can be viewed here.

Dates have not yet been announced for the eight SEC games, including Kentucky and Missouri in the cross-division slate, MSU will play in 2020.

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I’m not wild about this scheduling. One thing I thought was brilliant by Dan Mullen was when we had a cupcake game it was always against a team in our recruiting area (S. Alabama, Southern Miss, La Tech…etc). This allowed more potential recruits to watch the game. I realize the game is at State but cousins and younger brothers from New Mexico won’t be potential recruits down the road. Cupcakes are necessary so teams should maximize the potential impact when they have them.